I got two more today from Mr. Mams' 
sailfish, along with 
'-Ttofbcli TfereKiT species 
ifexternal copepod parasite 
iMKHi 
~~W Jack Barron, seaman first class assigned to me as my assistant, 
went out dredging in Chatham Bay and brought hack several items of interest 
in spite of the rough going and coral heads that made dredging here a difficult 
operation. All told, in about four half days of fishing, 16 sailfish were 
taken. A list of those taken by the President and other members of his party 
compiled by Captain Callaghan 
Caught B y 
six of them, 
t tH 
f 
Length 
Weight in lbs. 
The President 
8«5*,l 
0 f Connor 
8. 
Adams 
Cot, g . M- 
Watson 
_ ~rr 
Dr. Ross A ’icIntire 
Cctft B»i»^ Callaghan 
9' 6“ 
9' 6" 
9' 7" 
10 ' 1-1/2" (he claims 2") 
9' 7-1/2" 
9 1 7" 
100 
105 
120 
130 
120 - 1/2 
99 
The heaviest fish taken on regulation tackle during the entire cruise 
was a 235-lb. shark landed by the President after a one-hour-and- thirty-six- 
minute tug of war. A party from the McDougal harpooned a giant manta which, 
on a heavy duty boat scales, registered 1645 lbs. It measured 15 fett in 
width and 9 feet in length, exclusive of a 4—foot tail. 
About 12:30 p.m. we got under way for Balboa, 5*+0 miles 
d » sIcnoT. 
August 4. Balboa, Canal Zone ,"^4 
Moored alongside the pier at a quarter past two. The President 
was kept busy every minute of this day receiving the representatives of the 
national press associations and local reporters and attending to his official 
mail. Duoring the afternoon there was a tea party in honor of the President of 
